A Draft Genome Assembly for <i>Diaporthe humulicola</i> , the Causal Agent of Halo Blight of Hop

Diaporthe humulicola is the causal agent of halo blight in hop. Halo blight is a major concern in the Northeastern United States and Canada, capable of causing significant yield loss in hop yards. Although there are currently two genomes deposited in GenBank under the name “ Diaporthe humulicola,” a four-gene maximum likelihood phylogeny shows that this genome is not the same species as previously described D. humulicola isolates but is likely a novel species within the Diaporthe genus. In this study, we report a draft genome for D. humulicola that was assembled with both long- and short-read sequences. The draft genome consists of 49.82 megabases assembled into 180 contigs, with a GC content of 51.2%. The genome was annotated, and 11,773 genes were predicted, including 2,752 genes with common names. This paper represents the first genomic resource for D. humulicola. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2025 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license .